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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Schneier on Security
The 2013 Cryptologic History Symposium
The 2013 Cryptologic History Symposium, sponsored by the NSA, will be held at John Hopkins University this October.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
All You Know Isn’t Enough
Lou Zulli and I got together recently to talk teaching and computer science education recently. One of the things we talked about was common points from the teachers...
From Putting People First
Adaptive Path’s Guide to experience mapping
Customers are increasingly choosing products and services based on the quality of the experiences they have with them. These experiences often break down when they...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Investor Herd Dynamics
Crowd and herding dynamics were always an interest. With the thought of using them for physical retail understanding. Investing is different, but this posthas...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
First Day Activities Revisited
My district is starting school two weeks earlier this year. I have been thinking about how I could use the few extra days that I have gained before the AP test....
From Schneier on Security
NSA Increasing Security by Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins
General Keith Alexander thinks he can improve security by automating sysadmin duties such that 90% of them can be fired: Using technology to automate much of the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pre Store and In-Store Brains
Sands Research is giving a webinar tomorrow at 2 PM EST that I just learned about. More about that here. An example of what companies are trying to do today "...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Seeking Applicants
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has opened the application for the 2014 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). These Fellowships give 3 years of funding...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Audi Releases Augmented Reality Manual
Metaio reports that Audi has released an augmented reality enabled manual, linked to a smartphone App." ... Metaio, world leader in augmented reality (AR) software...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Body Language
Yet another example of nonconscious reactions. Body language. Well known, but not well codified. It has become common in recent years to use other measures like...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Age of Algorithms
A good view of Big Data and Analytics algorithms in the CSM. I like this article because it includes a number of real life application of analytics, several I...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Uncomfortable CEOs
Former colleague José Ignacio Sordo Galarza has a new site: The Uncomfortable CEO. And I have just finished his new book: The Uncomfortable CEO: Making Information...
From Computational Complexity
How much Trig does your governor know?
How much math should our public officials know? Basic probability and statistics so they can follow the arguments that their science advisers give them. And they...
From Schneier on Security
Security at Sports Stadiums
Lots of sports stadiums have instituted Draconian new rules. Here are the rules for St. Louis Rams games: Fans will be able to carry the following style and size...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 12 August 2013
Where has the summer gone. A week and a day before all teachers have to return to my school. Students the end of next week. It’s been a great summer but I’m looking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Building Dashboards in R
Have not tried this in my recent R exploration, but looks to be very useful. Be aware this is fairly technical.
From The Eponymous Pickle
London Recycling Bins are Following You
I have a recycling bin. It sits out at the curb once a week. When I saw this piece that was what I was thinking of. My bin tracking my recycling. Very different...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hardest Part of Data Visualization
Much agree. Simplicity of development, and then simplicity of understanding through interaction are key elements. Tableau is good at this, but could also be better...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Curious Tale of a Loss of E-Mail Privacy
In Forbes: An interview with Silent Circle co-founder Phil Zimmermann. Had not heard of the company. The company deleted its secure email service this past...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson